2004 MLB Saves by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in saves in 2004, with 59, 2 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 30 MLB teams is 41.0.

Led all of MLB in 2004 New York Yankees 162 games

59 Saves 2 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	New York Yankees	AL	162	59
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	57
3	Florida Marlins	NL	162	53
4	Texas Rangers	AL	162	52
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	51
6	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	50
7	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	48
7	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	48
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	47
9	Houston Astros	NL	162	47
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	46
11	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	46
13	San Diego Padres	NL	162	44
14	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	43
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	42
15	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	161	42
	MLB average			41.0
17	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	37
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	36
18	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	36
20	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	35
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	35
20	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	161	35
23	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	34
24	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	33
25	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	32
26	Montreal Expos	NL	162	31
26	New York Mets	NL	162	31
28	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	28
29	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	27
30	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	25

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.